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Major Hurricane Irma- STORM MODE


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4 minutes ago, StormchaserChuck said:

If Irma is interacting with this piece of energy dropping in the Gulf, it's track should be more west.

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The path is also strange considering steering patterns.

I would go landfall Florida panhandle.

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70% of the hurricanes that passed within 65 nautical miles of Irma's 2 pm position made landfall in southwest Florida. 20% made Panhandle landfall. If you look closely at the chart, many of the hurricanes that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle passed south and/or west of Cuba (with some crossing the Island).

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2 minutes ago, salbers said:

At this point I'd go for a FL Panhandle hit also, the main question being how far west of Tampa the center goes.

Not surprising, she's continuously been west of forecast track.  GOM is pretty juicy right now...that would be bad for intensification but the panhandle is less populated than the west coast.

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I live just NE of Tampa bay. Didn't think the storm would come this far West. Currently have all windows boarded up and all loose objects outside taken care of. I'll be sure to get some video/pictures of what happens. It would be incredible if it made landfall through Tampa Bay and gave us a view of the inside of the eye...

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4 minutes ago, OUGrad05 said:

Not surprising, she's continuously been west of forecast track.  GOM is pretty juicy right now...that would be bad for intensification but the panhandle is less populated than the west coast.

It would have to swing a decent amount off track though.  Given Irma's size, riding 20-30 miles off the western coast before landfalling farther north isn't going to cut it.

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The satellite loop suggests the upper low is diving a bit SSW of the GFS 300mb low position. This may delay the turn though not forever. If Irma stays W of Tampa the storm surge could still be quite significant since landfall wouldn't be weakening it.

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57 minutes ago, Sidewinder said:

KBYX is reported at an elevation of 8 meters. Anyone know off hand what are the maximum winds a wsr88d can withstand? I tried to find this but it doesn't appear to be published. 

 

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Nexrad radar is designed to withstand 134mph sustained winds (60 m/sec sustained) wind per design docs: https://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/PublicDocs/NTR96.pdf

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Miami FL
640 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2017

FLC011-092300-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170909T2300Z/
Broward FL-
640 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY...
    
At 640 PM EDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was
located over Lazy Lake, or near Fort Lauderdale, moving west at 35
mph.

This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. 

IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may 
         be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes 
         will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, 
         businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction 
         is possible. 

The tornado will be near...
  Village Park, Broadview-Pompano Park and Palm Aire around 645 PM 
  EDT. 
  Sunrise, Tamarac, Margate, Lauderhill and North Lauderdale around 
  650 PM EDT. 
  Plantation and Sawgrass Mills Mall around 655 PM EDT. 
  Coral Springs around 700 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Fort
Lauderdale Beach, Intersection I-595 And I-95, Broward Estates,
Boulevard Gardens, Markham Park, West Ken-Lark, Riverland Village,
North Andrews Gardens, Roosevelt Gardens and Terra Mar.

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